were racing. good evening, everybody. i'm jim handly a. >> and i'm wendy rieger. we'll get to them and your forecast in the next ten minutes. >> but we want to begin right now first off the top with a story you will see only on news 4. it's a new understanding of that horrible church van crash in maryland and the impact it had on one family. a family that had planned to welcome a new baby this week and had so much to be thankful for when they all piled into that van driven by their father. news 4's erika gonzalez is here with their story. >> two parents, two kids and a baby on the way. the entire family was in that van that was hit and caught in an explosion of flames sunday evening. only one of them is now out of the hospital.

araceli vasquez, she says her brother-in-law freddie had picked up the passengers of the van to take them to church. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: she says when she heard about the accident she never imagined the gravity of the situation. she rushed to the hospital to be by the family's side. 9-year-old freddy jr., was awake and describing how the firefighters had rescued him. he's since been released from the hospital with a broken arm and scrapes, but he's asking for his parents. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: she tells me freddy has a badly burned arm and a broken leg. martha, his wife, two broken arms and she was pregnant due to give birth this week, but she lost the baby a boy she planned on naming isaiahs and her daughter is in a coma. it's been overwhelming. the moment when her sister-in-law realizes what all has happened to her family.

>> they're asking for the community to pray, to pray for these children and they're going to need a lot of support. we've got a link right now on our nbc washington app to a paypal account. if you can contribute, if you'd like to, you can go to the nbc washington app and search hyattsville crash. wendy, jim, back to you. >> thank you. that crash could have been worse if not for the actions of a witness who ran toward the flames. michael tymas used a pocketknife to cut people free. he described the chaotic screen to news 4. >> i seen a whole lot of blood and all of the passengers, you could tell they were all in shock. i actually thought that the van was going to explode because it was so much fire. i did what any human should do. you see someone in trouble, if you can assist, help. >> you can hear more of michael's interview on the nbc washington app by searching hyattsville crash. >> right now there is increased security at howard university

and metro stations after an online threat to kill students and this followed threats across the country at the university of missouri and classes were canceled after threats to shoot every black person. the president and chancellor resigned this week over racial tensions there. at ithica college hundreds walked out yesterday and hours later, howard students hell a solidarity rally in support of students in both schools. these threats at howard university quickly became the number one story on the nbc washington app since we first broke it. news 4's meagan fitzgerald joins us live from the campus with reaction to this. meagan? >> reporter: wendy, i can tell you students are certainly concerned after some of them actually read the posts themselves on a website last night called 4chan. it's important to get context, you can post anonymously and because of that people use it as an opportunity to post outrageous comments to get attention, but the officials at

howard university held a meeting this morning, and increased security on campus and the fbi is now investigating. from the outside it may appear like a normal day on the campus of howard university. >> everybody's studying, you know. finals are coming up. >> reporter: on thursday it was more than just studying and finals that students were thinking about. >> a the layoff people were very concerned and it really spread quickly. >> reporter: what spread quickly was news of a racially charged threat posted on an online site where people can remain anonymous. it expressed anger over the resignation of the university of missouri president after students protested against racial inequality. then the posting turned to howard saying, quote, so i've decided any, blank, left at howard university after 10:00 tomorrow will be the first to go. it went on to say people trying to escape by metro will regret that, as well. the university quickly increased security on campus and around

the howard metro and said the fbi and mpd are investigating. meanwhile, many students say despite the threat they won't let anyone force them to live in fear. >> it's crazy. i mean, why do people have to, you know, take the time out of their day to just act a mess, you know, and just disrupt the students here? >> reporter: university officials say those students who did not attend classes today will not be penalized. coming up at 6:00, we spoke with a former fbi criminal profiler. he tells us that there's no such thing as anonymity when it comes to posting online and he'll explain why officials will likely use this case to set an example. one of the men arrested in the university of missouri threat his a deep interest in the mass shootings in oregon, that's according to newly released court documents tonight. the 19-year-old told police tonight that the threat to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person i see was just intended to rattle students.

that teenager is suspected of making a terrorist threat now which can be a sentence of up to seven years in prison. a church in arlington will be replacinga i black lives matter sign that was hit by vandals and that sign is not there right now because someone cut out the word black on tuesday. the rock spring congressional church on little falls road is near worktown high school and students expressed outrage on social media and according to arl now the church held a series of discussions about race and religion. >> wild wings can bring waves up to 20 feet high around lake michigan today. people in the western part of the state are being warned to stay away from the beaches there. grand haven pier here in grand rapids is being shut down as a precaution tonight? freight ship traffic can be shut down and the big gusts could also bring problems off the lake. fallen trees could cause big power outages. that big storm system brought us rain today and get ready, folks, for some howling winds and

they'll pick up here, too. what can we count on? >> we'll see the winds begin to ramp up as we make our way into the next couple of hours and right now a very nice and a very mild, if not warm evening and we'll show you what we're dealing with here and the storm team 4 radar, showing that you have rain moving off and into the atlantic ocean and we saw you early this morning and just like we told you last night it will be out of here by 9:00 and behind it temperatures have warmed into the mid-60s and even 70 in parts of our area and notice to the west, only 51 at pittsburgh and that's the cooler air making its way in and it will get here by this time tomorrow morning and tracking the wind, turning much colder and we are talking weekend windchills. some of you may be in the 30s. we've got that forecast coming up. speaking of this man, the president said his instincts and courage helped save lives and tonight a retired captain of

montgomery county is the newest recipient of the highest distinction, the medal of honor. floorant groberg was in afghanistan when he tackled a suicide bomber. he shares this medal with three service members and a foreign service officer. those who died that day. the president said if groberg had not acted there could have been an even greater loss of life. >> the truth is florent said that day was the worst day of his life, and that is the stark reality behind these medal of honor ceremonies. these actions were demanded amid some of the most dreadful moments of war. on his very worst day he managed to to summon his very best. >> captain groberg now works as a civilian for the department of defense and coming up in ten minutes we'll hear from some of the folks in the audience here today who knew captain groberg

long before he joined the army. >> a man died trying to cross the street near a prince william county elementary school today. chopper 4 over the scene along linton hall and big backups here and that's not far from the branch elementary school and police have identified the victim as girma genemo. the driver is not facing any charges. we have a developing story and this one in the district where a firefighters has been indicted in a murder charge in connection with a deadly crash, a crash that started when two cars speeding up on one of our city's main roads. news 4's pat collins is live along 16th street with the details. pat? >> reporter: wendy, first there was one and now two men charged in second-degree murder in connection with a violent drag racing accident on 16th street. an accident that ended in death.

an accident that he would not soon forget because it claimed the life of his son. >> i hope justice gets served because we'll be suffering for the rest of our lives and they should suffer also. >> 28-year-old rasheed murray, the driver of the acura, the striking car. 22-year-old ryan thompson, an off-duty fireman. they say he was in an suv that he was racing, too. the victim, 22-year-old matthew roth, a cpa, a grad. he had a great job with pricewaterhouse coopers. he was on his way home. just minutes ago, i talked to his dad. >> can't see my kid again. it's disgusting. it's -- irresponsible and senseless. >> reporter: the scene, 16th and madison streets northwest. it was back in july around 3:30

on a sunday morning and witnesses say those two cars were going northbound about 100 miles an hour when that acura jumped the median strip and went airborne and flew right into the path of a volvo. a volvo headed southbound. a volvo driven by matt roth. he was just trying to get home. >> this has tortured my family since july 19th and the vision that keeps coming back is the -- these weren't two young kids who didn't know better. these were two adults. one a firefighter and the other some kind of college graduate that should have known better. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, we're going to talk to a neighbor who was here. she has pictures of what happened on 16th street. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4.

isis is claiming responsibility for two suicide bombings in beirut and it's raising major concerns that the terror group is expanding its reach here in the middle east. the explosions went off in a busy area today. at least 37 people were killed. hundreds more have been injured. isis went on social media claiming it orchestrated the attack and so far u.s. officials have not confirmed who is responsible. it was isis and it would be the group's first suicide bombing in lebanon. the militant group hezbollah is based there and it's backing syrian president bashar al assad in his country's civil war. isis on the other hand is trying to overthrow assad. at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4. a virginia man accused of murdering his wife and newly released documents reveal what the couple's kids told witnesses who found them wandering in the street after the attack. >> a lot of parents rely on the school bus to pick up their kids and one prince george's county mother reached out to us when

someone in the school showed up in the personal car. we'll show you what we found. >> plus, it was so bad the federal government had to take over the metro safety department and now we're hearing what it will take to turn things around. stay right there. news 4 at

i'm news 4's jackie bensen in the newsroom. the search warrants paint a picture of a bitter divorce and custody battle that the victim likened to a horror movie. newly unsealed search warrants and nearly a dozen of them indicate the brutal stabbing murder of 42-year-old bonnie black occurred horrific circumstances. the documents reveal a bitter divorce proceeding that's under way. six months before her death her husband told her, quote, you are never going to see the children again. in an interview with a coworker bonnie black revealed that she feared her ex-husband and feared he could break into her home at any given moment and it was like being in a "scream" movie. he was arrested a day later. investigators learned he had previous arrests for assault and harassment and was arrested as a juvenile for stabbing another teen. david black remains jailed without bond pending trial.

reporting in the newsroom, jackie bensen, news 4. well, his coach at the university of maryland says he saw something special in florent groberg from the start. tonight captain groberg is appearing on newscasts across our country because he received the medal of honor today. news 4's chris gordon reports how this montgomery county native stood out for his selflessness years before he headed to afghanistan. >> florent groberg ran track for the university of maryland, coach andrew valman kept a program from 2003 with a photo of groberg on the cover, a plaque from the penn relays hangs on his wall. >> he was so passionate about the relays more so than the individual event. clearly a collective group of guys getting together and that's why he's on the all-time list on two relays now. >> captain groberg said he didn't think of the possibility that he'd be killed when he tackled that suicide bomber in afghanistan.

four died and he was severely wounded, but his bravery saved many lives. >> i didn't specifically, at that moment you're not in that processing hey, it's going to detonate right now. i've got to get him away as fast as possible as far as possible immediately. >> the maryland coach says that special quality in flo appeared early. >> he epitomized team. a lot of the kids looked up to him. he was a lead and are we knew he would go on to bigger and better things in life. >> reporter: it started in walter johnson high school in bethesda and this photo hangs in the office and he transferred here as a tenth grader lacking motivation. >> he really, really started to blossom and he became a very tough runner. >> he helped lead some of the relays to a state championship and that's something he'll always have, as well. >> reporter: captain groberg invited his coaches from walter johnson high school as his guests at the white house as they saw him awarded the medal of honor and they share their

thoughts about him at that moment ahead on news 4 at 6:00. in montgomery county, chris gordon. news 4. >> what a day. an environmental group in our area is crying foul instead of fore. they want donald trump to donate hundreds of trees to potomac. trump cut down hundreds of trees during construction of trump national golf club out in sterling. the group tells us without the trees, the shoreline is slowly eroding and the group claims harmful sediment is going into the potomac river. a petition on change.org now calls for trump to donate 500 trees by next month. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm carol maloney and the washington capitals will try to get back to their winning ways in philly and you might be noticing something different about the way the guys look this

month. movember is about the mustache. one of the many charities -- darn it. did i catch it? take two. one of the charities, movember is always the most fun. ♪ ♪ >> i don't think the mustache gets a ton of respect and not enough respect. this movember, the capitals' mustache captain hoping to put a stash back in the spotlight. people want to know how the stash is going and they'll make fun of the guys that aren't growing. >> nick, he tries and he's just not there yet which is fine. he's good at other things. >> i have disgusting facial hair. >> he's, working hard and he h blond hair so you can't quite see it and the point is they tried and that's all we can ask. >> one mustac helped, but with an entire roster of mows, great things can happen. >> and one of the big things with being an athlete is you have the opportunity to open up

a few more eyes to certain things and men's health is something that i guess maybe as a guy we kind of always put ourselves on the backburner and want to care about other people and it's nice that you get a chance to open up people's eyes, as well and do it in a fun way. >> nervous to grow a mo and the captain has one piece of advice. >> i say just go for it and you have one month to have a mustache and not be made fun of and to not really care about it and it will be okay. so i figured just go for it. >> and we're having fun watching them if you want to help, donate to the movember page to raise axe wearness. we'll have more on the nbc washington app. just search movember. his son attacked him during a mental breakdown and then killed himself. a lawmaker is turning to our

area to find a better way to treat the mentally ill. plus, we've got an exclusive tour tonight inside the d.c. archives building. what we found among some of our nation's treasures. and the new controversy over a man's death ask custody in virginia in 2013 and we'll exp

now your storm team 4 forecast. that sun went down just about a half hour ago. take a look at that, the sun setting on the last day we hit the 60s for a while. that may be one or two 60s, but not a lot. tomorrow will be cooler across the area and we're dealing with mostly clear skies and 65 degrees, it's still very mild and we have the cold front moving in right now, though, and we will start to see the numbers starting to take a tumble and down to 54 degrees in winchester and still 66 over towards fred ricksburg. winds will start to pick up tonight and one thing we're not going to see for a while, any rain. we saw the showers come through earlier today. that was with our one storm system that continues to move out across our region now and that was one front that came on through here and that opened the door for all of the very mild temperatures in behind them. here is the storm system up to the north and this is a monster storm up here toward parts of the great lakes, really giving

them a huge impact. yesterday we saw tornado damage back toward iowa and this had snow associated with it and this was up to the great lakes. we have a report ron mott in nbc filed this report. take a look. >> reporter: the so-called late fall storm called the witch of november is appropriately named because of all of the howling winds coming across the midwest and especially here in chicago overnight. look at this, last night thunder and lightning over downtown chicago. just to our west next door in iowa there were concerns over nine storms that touched down and there were minimal damage to property. the story is when. when, when, when, today in chicago and to our east and we're expecting wind gusts across the chicago land area and 50 to 55 miles an hour and that will have impact on air travel already today, we've seen delays

and cancellations at o'hare and as we get into the afternoon hours with these winds continue to whip up and they expect to see even more delays and cancellations. so if you have travel plans check with the airlines before heading out. that's the latest in chicago. let's get it back to you. >> they're starting to see delays at reagan national as a result of some of the winds back upstream. >> the winds will be a big problem as we move over the next 24 hours and by early tomorrow, these are the winds by 3:00 tomorrow afternoon and 32 in d.c., rather. 41 in gaithersburg and 35 to 40 miles per hour in both locations and that will make us feel a lot cooler and temperatures only into the 50s and 53 degrees by 9:00 a.m. and rising to 57 by 1:00 and then the real cool air starts to move in and temperatures go down during the afternoon and that's something to watch out for.

tomorrow it's a coat day and you have the right idea and maybe a scarf and that's the kind of colair that we'll see move on in here over the next couple of days and it gets even cold or saturday. saturday will be one chilly day. 57 for a high tomorrow and only 51 degrees on your saturday and 57 on sunday and we get back to 62 degrees as we move through the day on sunday and lots of sunshine and a very cold weekend and veronica is back with how long the cold air sticks around at 5:45. >> thank you, doug. now at 5:00, it was a plot to bomb black churches and synagogues in virginia. the suspects who said they were getting ready for a race war had their day in court today. >> who is keeping you safe on metro?

nearly two years after the son of a virginia lawmaker killed himself during a mental health crisis that lawmaker came to northern virginia looking for answers impeach one of cent state senator deeds' is for the mentally ill. julie carey looks at a program that could become a model across the commonwealth. >> state senator's reform services stepped to the front lines after his 24-year-old son

gus attacked him and then killed himself in the midst of a mental health crisis. >> at some point you also talk about whatever period you have. >> they did fact finding today at pathway homes. the non-profit provides housing and services for 500 mentally ill adults. what's especially unique, the organization provides housing for as long as an individual needs it. pathway's own leases and manages 193 properties. >> we provide the therapy, the counseling and the mental health services and the mental health skill building services. susana came to pathways in 2002 suffering from severe depression. >> my journey involved with mental illness, substance abuse and homelessness. >> reporter: sue says in time the combination of stable housing and treatment began to pay off. she went back to college. >> the more i was able to get -- have the stable housing and go back to school the better i felt

about myself. >> the people at pathways, they just were able to make me feel good enough so i felt like i knew i could do it. >> reporter: the delegation also toured fairfax county's new community services board facility, often a starting point for many with mental health challenges. they wore buttons reading diversion firsts and that diverts some mentally ill offenders away from jail and into treatment. >> reporter: ahead on news 4 at 6:00, i'll tell you more about how the pathways program worked for mccarty and i'll tell you about the big achievement that's just ahead for her. in fairfax county, i'm julie carey, news 4. child sex trafficking is still a problem in our country, but now a new report finds a lot of states are doing a much better job at cracking down on it yet in our region work still needs to be done five years ago when the study began, 26 states got an f and this year not a single failing grade. in fact, there were many as and

not here in our region. d.c. and maryland both given cs. virginia, a d. the research comes from the group shared hope international. they track how many states have passed laws against child sex trafficking. >> certain states have recognized it as a greater threat to their state, to their people earlier and they have taken tremendous steps through law and through practice to mitigate that danger. >> according to the u.s. state department more than 600,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year. metro's safety record is so dismal. the federal transit administration has now direct oversight of metro's safety department and it's the first time that the federal government has taken that step with a subway system. news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss was there for the

latest meeting today on how this takeover is going to work. adam? >> reporter: well, wendy, make no mistake about it, the fta is intent on turning metro's safety culture around. of course, all of this comes after derailment, accidents and even that recent death on metro. >> the images from metro over this past year have been troubling and frightening. a transit agency literally at some point -- choking on smoke and transit agency reeling. >> the safety of metro rail operations is critically important to the passengers, employees and the entire national capital region. >> today, the acting head of the transit administration, trees mcmillin talking about the fta's new role of watchdog after the safety department a first of its kind action deemed so critical because metro was crumbling, she all, but known as the tri-state

oversight committee toothless. >> safety is the number one priority for all of us and it is a shared responsibility and one where we all need to step it up. >> mcmillin pointing out that the fta doesn't want to do it forever and it's now up to leaders to get together and form a stronger, regional oversight group that can effectively watch metro's safety and riders onboard with that. >> we've had a lot of accidents and having an outside body step in and offer some guidance or support i think is a good thing. >> i'm sure that the federal administration probably has some good perspectives and less than some other places. >> and riders counting on lessons learned. >> the head of the fta office accused local leaders of dragging their feet when it comes to reforms metro's safety culture. coming up at 6:00, i'll tell you what she says and what she says has to happen next in order for metro to get better. >> adam tuss, thank you. the man charged with aiming a blinding laser at two

helicopters over new york city is pleading not guilty. he faces seven years in prison if convicted of that felony offense. last night police say he pointed a green laz tore oser to our ne chopper. the responding nypd helicopter was also targeted. the pilot and reporter called police and were able to guide police to him. the faa says 20 other pilots flying over cities across the country reported similar incidents. there were no injuries. someone called them fat. we're talking about the two women who were maryland's fitness entrepreneurs and that story went rival and now the bully has made another move.

maryland is taking a closer look at these fantasy sports betting sites. comptroller peter frncho says he wants fan duel and draft kings are operating legally. francho will look at whether taxes are being collected properly and consumers are being protected. nevada and new york recently said the sites are illegal. comcast and nbc sports are invested in fan duel. well, it's an interest face from a bully. someone sent two local fitness instructors, two women some pretty harsh mail. we told you about this story a couple of weeks ago. the managers of the newly opened

fitness studio in frederick received the mail. it was a picture of the two of them with some handwritten comments calling them fat and accusing them of modeling an unhealthy lifestyle. well, it turns out it was a woman who wrote that, and she stopped into the studio to apologize. the two women who were the subjects of her mail say they did accept the apology. they even invited her to take a class at the studio, but the woman who they have not named has yet to take them up on that offer. new policy pricing is not getting support from many of you. d.c. drivers are against it the and that's a coding to a new aaa survey out tonight and the program adjusts parking prices according to demand. you could pay $8 an hour during peak times in the chinatown area near the verizon center and ddot tells us the goal is to make more spots available so drivers won't have to circle the blocks.

they were allegedly trying to build an arsenal to attack black churches and synagogues in virginia. find out how they got caught and what one judge decided about their fate. >> a mother asked why can't a special needs bus be provided i'm tracee wilkins. what the prince george's county school system has to say about the mother's allegation. here we go. it's going to be windy over the next couple of days, but that's just half the story. wait until i show you where the

back here at the live desk. we just got a hold of some charging documents that show a secret service officer has been charged with soliciting a minor for sex. lee morris is 37 years old, married with two kids and has been living in queen ann's county maryland and he admitted to talking to people he thought were 13-year-old girls and in two cases he was talking to a delaware state police officer and those conversations started in august and morris sent explicit photos and he admitted

to talking to the officer while he was working at the white house. he leathey learned about this o friday and took his equipment and banned him from all secret service facilities. >> no bond for the two virginia men accused of plotting attacks on synagogues and black churches across the commonwealth. the goal was to start a, quote, race war. today a richmond judge learned that robert doyle and robert cheney iii will pose a danger to the community if they were freed. the two were arrested on sunday and charged with conspiracy after they tried to buy automatic weapons and explosives from undercover fbi agents posing as gun dealers. >> a woman says the prince george's conte school district is not doing its job in getting her son who has autism to school. only on news 4 our bureau chief tracee wilkins will show us what the frustrated mother wants to

see happen. >> reporter: this mom says she is very concerned about her son's safety, and as it stands she is not convinced that the prince george's county school system feels the same way. >> i'm my son's advocate. nobody's going to push for him, then who does he have in he only has him. >> kisha enrolled her 14-year-old son who has autism at james madison middle school in upper marlboro late last month after moving here from richmond, virginia. she says the process of having her son properly transported -- she wants her son on a special needs bus with a limited number of students and bus aide. instead they're providing a regular bus for him with a number of students onboard. >> they told me that everything he was getting in virginia he would get here. >> a school employee helped out by using his personal vehicle by

picking up her son. he took it upon himself to pick up my child and he did all three days that my son went to school. the system released this statement saying the prince george's county school system has made offers to try and accommodate the student's needs. this includes offering to have an assistant ride with him on the regular bus. >> i should not have to fight this hard for him to go to school. >> the prince george's county school reiterates that they want her son in their school system. they want to educate them. they're saying the communication has broken down between the two. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, i was asking the school system their thoughts on all of the days her son has missed and his attendance was just fine, but, in fact, he has only attended school three days and wasn't in school today, but the school system thought he was. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, this raises a dismal concern for this mother. in upper marlboro, i'm

wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> brace yourself, folks. >> is that what they're seeing in chicago right now? >> we're not going to get that kind of cold and that wind. >> no, we're not going to get that and we will be topping out and in some locations for a period of time and let's head over to the weather wall and we're talking about the first change this evening and at 11:00 and of course, those temperatures will be dropping to the 40s to around 50 degrees by early tomorrow morning and the other thing is that the wind will stay up. already we're seeing winds around 20 miles per hour and you factor the wind and the falling temperatures and there's your change early tomorrow morning and a brisk start to the day tomorrow at 50 and feeling a bit colder than that. so your weather will have a low to moderate impact on our area again and not just because of the fact that we've got the wind, but the chill in the air. so sunshine, yes, but that wind

will be blowing throughout. first thing tomorrow morning at the bus stop, breezy, and chilly, 52, 53. so it's a layer up kind of morning or just going with a warmer jacket or break out the coat. by afternoon, 54, 57 degrees down toward la platta and they will not rise very much tomorrow and the wind stays up throughout the day and the temperatures in the upper 50s and dry services on the area road will help to wick some of the water away and i doubt right now that we'll have any bridge restrictions because of the wind. look at the wind here on friday. 25, 30 miles per hour and as we get into early saturday morning and it's the west northwest, 30, maybe 40 for a very short period of time and it can blow that high before coming back down by saturday afternoon, so that would be the one time period they think we really need to watch. the temperature gets up to 57 degrees and there's your 1:00 temperature and that's the highest of the day and then it's back down to the afternoon so we max out around 1:00, 2:00

tomorrow. for anyone going to the friday night football game, a coat will be required and 46 the temperature and the brifshg conditions on saturday is sunday. 57 degrees and calmer sunshine and that's the best day for raking because of all of the wind that's still going to be around on saturday. in fact, by saturday, into sunday morning the wind starts to ease up, but enough wind that this area leesberg, frederick, will have temperatures feeling like they're 30 to 32 and 32 to 35 in d.c. a big wow, folks, for sunday morning and there's the cold and almost as cold going into monday and dry conditions next chance of rain next thursday. wendy? jim? v.j., thanks. the d.c. archives is home to some of the country's most valuable, one of a kind treasures, but the building is aging and tonight experts are taking steps to preserve these historic items. our mark segraves has been tweeting photos from inside the archives all day long and is a report you will only see on news

4. >> it's in a sorry state. >> there hasn't been significant damage to any of our holding. we have had some challenges with leaks and water damage. >> when council american mary chai toured the d.c. archives she wasn't happy with what she saw. >> these are records that are irreplaceable. they're items that irkutsk replaceable and not only are they not being well kept, but it's difficult for the public to have access to them. >> muriel bowser both set aside tens of millions of dollars to build a new archives with the artifacts will be safe and can be enjoyed by the public. until the new archive is built many of the items are kept in this former stable in the alley in a shaw neighborhood. behind these stores, george washington's handwritten will, along with the wills of frederick douglas and francis scott key. some of the documents are slave records including this log from the d.c. jail where travelers

could pay to have their slaves stored. >> the charge was ten cents a day. >> there are also item like a ball and chain used on slaves and the electric chair from the d.c. jail that was in use until 1957. and while some of the documents and artifacts are showing signs of deterioration, one of the biggest problems facng the d.c. archives is space. >> unfortunately, the space in this building has reached capacity. so we have a relationship with the national archives, and they store many of our records as well for the things that we are not able to physically hold here. >> reporter: $46 million has been allocated for a new arch e archivesi archivesiarchive building. at the d.c. archives, mark segraves, news 4. >> high was supposed to be taken to the hospital, but that plan changed for a suspect who died in police custody in virginia and his family is now suing.

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a virginia man who died in police custody. >> he was tased repeatedly before being restrained and then tased again. this was 2014 when this unfolded and the family is suing the police and the prosecutors hasn't decided whether anyone should face charges. pat lawson muse reports. >> linwood lambert was hallucinating and acting paranoid when they found him in a hotel. they told the unarmed 46-year-old they would drive him to the e.r. for treatment. >> we're not locking you up. what we're doing is we'll take you to the emergency room. >> once at the hospital, lambert is seen kicking the police car window out and running toward the e.r. and officers tase him at the doorway and then tase him again on the ground. >> stop! i'm going to fight you up again. >> instead of taking lambert into the hospital police take him back to the squad car. legs and arms cuffed, he's seen slumping in the backseat as police tase him again.

>> act like you got some sense. >> the squad car takes lambert to jail where officers see he's unresponsive and he's then taken by ambulance back to the same er where he's pronounced dead on arrival an hour after the incident started. lambert's sister just recently saw the tapes and a court ordered police to provide them after she sued the officers for $25 million. >> i went to the grave site, and i talked to my brother, and i said i'm sorry. i'm so sorry for what they did to you because i didn't know. >> police deny the family's allegations and say the tasings were appropriate and necessary because lambert's behavior put persons at risk. but federal guidelines say repeat tasings may increase the risk of death and serious injury and law enforcement experts note force is only allowed on suspects who are combative. >> there's no possible justification to taser a man shackled and restrained like this in the back of a police

car. >> lambert's family is calling it police brutality saying the tasings caused his death. the autopsy note wound from the tasings, but note the cause of death of cocaine intoxication. gwendolyn says nothing will bring her brother back, but she hopes the story will spur action. >> you say you want justice. what will justice look like here? jail time. jail. >> pat lawson muse, news 4, washington. now at 6:00, heated protests across the country to bring attention to racial injustice on college campuses sparked by the events at the university of missouri and it quickly spread from ithica college in new york to howard university here in d.c. >> tonight those calls have led to online threats and that's prompted police to step up security. our meagan fitzgerald joins us now from the campus of howard

university. meagan? >> reporter: i can tell you tonight that students are concerned and they're not living in fear after this post was posted to an online site where people can remain anonymous. these threats started off with them talking about concerns about the university of missouri where student-led protests over racial inequality led to the resignation of the president there and then it turned to howard university threatening students on campus here. now, fbi agents say this was an anonymous posting and we spoke to a former fbi criminal profiler who says investigators can track down these people. >> everybody is studying, you know. finals are coming up. >> reporter: on thursday, students at howard university had something other than finals to think about. >> our response is definitely shock. >> shock and concern were a few ways students described an online threa